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Pajor Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$191k
Granted FY2025still arriving
47
Grants FY2025still arriving
11
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Community Improvement$272kEducation$238kHuman Services$102kHousing & Shelter$91kHealth$89kPhilanthropy$88kReligion$69kYouth Development$37kOther$0
02FY2025 · 47 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k43 grants · $121k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $69k
$2,500
Median grant
11
States reached
$3.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
St Mary School of the Angels School$25,000
Spare Key$20,000
Kline Veterans Fund$13,000
Minnesota Independence College and Community$11,075
Jeremiah Program MN$7,000
Humor to Fight the Tumor$6,584
Veteran Action Foundation$6,400
Mesquite$6,255
Cure Starts Now$6,000
University of St Thomas$5,000
Big Ideas$5,000
Cristo Rey St Vistor College Preparatory High School$5,000
Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 730$5,000
Prism$5,000
Foundation For an Independent Tomorrow$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $43k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Patriot Assistance Dogs: $3k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $300 → 14%Project 150: $4k → 9%Share Foundation: $500 → 15%GREAT AMERICAN ALLIANCE: $100 → 9%LOVE INC - HEARTLAND: $5k → 5%Help of Southern Nevada: $3k → 13%Help of Southern Nevada: $3k → 13%Las Vegas Rescue Mission: $5k → 13%Las Vegas Rescue Mission: $700 → 13%Las Vegas Rescue Mission: $500 → 13%LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $300 → 13%LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $200 → 13%LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $200 → 13%LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $100 → 13%LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $100 → 13%Shine a Light: $2k → 13%Street Teens: $3k → 13%Prism: $5k → 11%Prism: $5k → 11%Prism: $3k → 11%PRISM: $3k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
WY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
NC
SC
DC
OK
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$822k · 58 repeat orgs$285k to everyone else

58 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

58
103

Total granted

$822k
$252k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+39%

Still filing today

45%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $33k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationArts & CultureReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • EK
    EDWARD KLINE MEM HOMELESS VETERANS FUND INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $48k · revenue +97%
  • MI
    MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $39k · revenue +71%
  • BI
    BIG IDEAS INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $35k · revenue +22%

Funded once

  • SM
    ST MARY OF THE ANGELS SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • SM
    ST MARY OF THE ANGELS C C
    one grant, 2022 · $25k
  • VV
    VETERANS VILLAGE LAS VEGAS
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
2
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
3
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
4
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
5
Nmdp Foundation

Raises funds to support the national marrow donor program (nmdp) mission: we save lives through cellular therapy.

Philanthropy
6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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8
Prostate Cancer Foundation

The prostate cancer foundation (pcf) funds the world's most promising research on the biology and treatment of prostate cancer, accelerating those discoveries into therapies and strategies designed to improve the quality of life and…

Philanthropy
9
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
10
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

Improve patient care and the health of our community through research and education.

Health
11
St Joseph's Hospital of Tampa Foundation Inc

St. joseph's hospitals foundation secures, manages and stewards philanthropic support to benefit the health care mission of st. joseph's hospital, st. joseph's women's hospital, st. joseph's children's hospital of tampa, st. joseph's…

Health
12
Marty Hennessy Inspiring Children Foundation

Mission statement the mission of the foundation is to revolutionize youth development and mental health by empowering children to heal, grow, and thrive through a whole-human approach. using proprietary ten pillars of healing, growth, and…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Riverview Hospital Foundation Inc D/B/a Riverview Health Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

71 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 71 of the 182 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/71
Grantees still filing
46/71
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

St Mary School of the Angels School: $65,000 · OtherSt Mary School of the Angels SchoolST MARY OF THE ANGELS SCHOOL: $50,100 · OtherST MARY OF THE ANGELS SCHOOLPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $30,775 · OtherST MARY OF THE ANGELS C C: $25,000 · OtherVETERANS VILLAGE LAS VEGAS: $25,000 · OtherOES SCHOOL: $23,500 · OtherHOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $23,000 · OtherSt Huberts Catholic School: $21,855 · OtherMesquite: $21,535 · Other+136 more: $328,453 · Other+136 moreSPARE KEY: $237,280 · Community ImprovementSPARE KEYBIG IDEAS INC: $35,000 · Community ImprovementBIG IDEAS INCMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY: $38,538 · PhilanthropyMESQUITE CLUB INC: $12,445 · PhilanthropyMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · PhilanthropyArt 2 Heart: $4,050 · PhilanthropyNORTHSIDE BOXING CLUB INC: $3,500 · Philanthropy+5 more: $2,643 · PhilanthropyEDWARD KLINE MEM HOMELESS VETERANS FUND INC: $48,000 · Housing & ShelterNEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH: $12,800 · Housing & ShelterCAFE OF LIFE INC: $3,250 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterPEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY: $15,000 · Human ServicesLAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $7,100 · Human ServicesLOVE INC - HEARTLAND: $5,000 · Human ServicesHELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $5,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT 150: $3,700 · Human ServicesSTREET TEENS: $2,500 · Human ServicesPATRIOT ASSISTANCE DOGS: $2,500 · Human ServicesSHINE A LIGHT FOUNDATION: $1,500 · Human Services+3 more: $1,400 · Human ServicesHUMOR TO FIGHT THE TUMOR FOUNDATION: $23,449 · ReligionMobile Hope: $1,500 · Religion+2 more: $700 · ReligionBolder Options: $12,500 · EducationUniversity of St Thomas: $5,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,730 · EducationNORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL: $2,500 · EducationST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $1,000 · Education+1 more: $207 · Education
Other$614,218Community Improvement$272,280Philanthropy$68,676Housing & Shelter$66,550Human Services$43,700Religion$25,649Education$23,937

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSPARE KEY: $237,280 over 9y, 4.2% of budgetEDWARD KLINE MEM HOMELESS VETERANS FUND INC: $48,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY: $38,538 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBIG IDEAS INC: $35,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $30,775 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHUMOR TO FIGHT THE TUMOR FOUNDATION: $23,449 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetPEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY: $15,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH: $12,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBolder Options: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMESQUITE CLUB INC: $12,445 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetCHAPPAQUIDDICK COMMUNITY CENTER: $9,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC: $8,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $8,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION: $7,100 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CURE STARTS NOW INC: $6,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $5,362 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOVE INC - HEARTLAND: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetHELP OF SOUTHERN NEVADA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR AN INDEPENDENT TOMORROW: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArt 2 Heart: $4,050 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetLAS VEGAS NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $3,728 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT 150: $3,700 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHSIDE BOXING CLUB INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCAFE OF LIFE INC: $3,250 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,730 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY PARTNERS: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSHINE A LIGHT FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMobile Hope: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL PLACE: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCRAFT EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND INC: $1,023 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAshley Strong Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAIN STREET COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS: $500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetRIVERVIEW HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRIVERVIEW HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC D/B/A RIVERVIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPediatric Brain Tumor Foundation of the United States Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAITKIN COUNTY FRIENDS OF THE ARTS: $500 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds SPARE KEY ↗
  • Who funds EDWARD KLINE MEM HOMELESS VETERANS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds BIG IDEAS INC ↗
  • Who funds PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUMOR TO FIGHT THE TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds NEVADA PARTNERSHIP FOR HOMELESS YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds Bolder Options ↗
  • Who funds MESQUITE CLUB INC ↗
  • Who funds Vessel Disposal and Reuse Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CHAPPAQUIDDICK COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD CEREBRAL PALSY CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds ONEVILLAGE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds MARTHA'S VINEYARD COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds LAS VEGAS RESCUE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds THE CURE STARTS NOW INC ↗
  • Who funds The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Richard M Schulze…The Minneapolis Found…Mondays DarkSaint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustNevada Community Foun…The K FoundationMinnesota Community F…United Way of Souther…Mgm Resorts FoundationNV Energy Charitable …Mightycause Charitabl…
The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMN24.7× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mondays Dark · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Nevada Community Foundation Inc · The K Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · United Way of Southern Nevada · Mgm Resorts Foundation · NV Energy Charitable Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Pajor Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pajor Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 34%
  • Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation Inc: 34% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 182 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home